System of ruling.



v1.]. MCCARTHY.

SYSTEM 0 APPucInmN mm FEB.15, 1915.

FRULING.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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ATTORNEYS JOHN JUSTIN MQCARTHY, OT OURAY, COLORADO.

SYSTEM OF RULINQ.

Application filed February 15, 1B 16.

'1 0 all whom it may homer.

Be it known. that I, Join; J. iilo'Lnn'ruY, a citizen oi' the United Slates. and a resi- (lllll of Uuray. in the county of Murray and. State of loloraclo. haw im'ontwl a new and useful lmpi-ou-nwnt in Systems .h'uling, of \Yllltl] the following is a specification.

My invention is an iinprovenn-tnt in 53s toms of ruling. and the invention has for its ohjert lo providv a sea or set of electro' typo units with metal bases in plate or block form, and provided on their upper fanes with means for impressing ruloi lines.

in the drawings:-

Figure l is a top plan \'l('\\' shinning the system set up ready for printing.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of several units separated.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig, 1 looking in the direction of the arrow adjacent in the line,

Fig. l is a vii-o similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified, arrangement.

Fig. 5 is a 'ierspeotive view of a unit showing a modified arrangement of printing ribs,

Fig. (I is :1 transverse vertical section. of another embodiment of the inrention,

Fig. 7 is a. partial top plan view of one of tho. base blocks, and

Fig. 8 is a pm'spwftivo view of the said printing plate looking from below.

is known; in. job printing there is freuuont need for different tori-us. requiring vi-oss lines and down. iiaes spaced apart from each other at varying distances and in the usual arrangen'ient those lines are provided for by brass rules or leaders.

In thrpresent instanee, however, series or sets of plates or blocks are provided of varying Shape and size. and arranged to be combined into a form such as that shown in Fig. 1. These blocks or plates may be solid or the may be cut away on the under sideto form supporting ribs for the sakeof light ness or they may consist of printing plates and supporting or base blocks united durinp: the printing ip a manner to be presently described.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a central block or plsle 1. is provided of suitable length or width. and on the upper face of the said plate or l lo--3 there s provid a. series of ribs m naling the full length of the block and spat-ed apart from each s ccification of Letters lateut.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

Serial No. 78.424.

other at equal distances. in the present 111 slain-e. the upper fare of the block has five ribs, and these ribs are howled at their lops to form a. printing edge. l nits of the ililim-iwut Widths wiil be made in sets of 1,2,

and Hi lines each.

The iilis are spaced apart at equal dis- !anoas and they are so arranged that the outermost rib at earh side is spaced apart tron! the adjacent side of the block a. distamrr worry-sprawling lo half the distance bemoan the adjau-nt ribs. Other plates or units 3, 4i and 5 are provided, each having the transverse rihs l; corresponding to the ribs L of the plate 1, and the blocks 3, 4 and 5 are oi' different u idths as shown more particularly in Fig. I.

In addition other blocks or plates 7, 8, 9 and 1!) are provided, each having one side taco cut away intermediate the ends of the plate indicated at 11. 12, 13 and 14, respuctively. Each of the blocks 01' plates 7, H. 5) and II! is provided with a rib 15, on its upper face, arranged with respect to the innviwail of the plate or block, that is, the side wail remote from the out :iway portions ll, 12, i3 and 1.4., in the same manner as the miterinost ribs of the block 1 are arranged with man-ct to the adjacent side faces of the block or plate. Thus when the block 7 for.

instan e. is abntted against the side edge of the block or plate 1 as shown in Fig. 1, the rib 2 of the block adjacent to the block 7 will br Mic-ed apart from the rib 15 of the said birth at the SEIIHC distance that the ribs 2 of the Hock 1 are spaced apart from each other, and the saline applies to the blocks 8, 9 and 10. ll be understood that the ribs 2, 6 and r i be continuous so far concerns their printing edge or they inay consist of separated points to form a' continuous or a dotted line.

The down lines which in the construction of Figs. 1 to 3am provided by the rules 18 may be provided in connection with the blocks or units. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 a set or series is provided comprising a. block 19, corresponding to the block or unit 1. of Figs. 1 and 2. and other units 20 corresponding to the units 3, e and 5 of Figs. 1 and 2. In addition units 21 and 22 are provided, corresponding to the units 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Fig. I. Ear-h of the units 19 and 20 is "i on its upper hlee with the print- 3 2. i-m'responding to the ribs 6 of Fig. 1, and in addition each unit 19 and 20 'gis provided with a rib 2 1- at r1 ht angles to 'th ,ribs 23 and atom end the unit as sh Wu.

The units 21 and 22 have the ribs 25 corresponding to the ribs 1.5 of Figs. 1 and 2,

and each unit' 21 and 22 has a rib 26pmpendicular to the rib 25 at one end of the unit and at that end adjacent to the I'lb 24,

of the adjacent units 19 or 20, as the case may be. These ribs "2-1 and 26 take the place of therulcs 118 in the cr-nstruction shown in Fig. 1;. audit will be obvious that any or all of tli uni-ts may have other ribs parallel \vith'the ribs or 26 if desired. The units 21 and titdhave the recesses 27, corresponding to the recesses 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive, the printing I'lbS 1o 28 corres 'mluling to the ribs 6, 15, 23, 24, 25 i and 26 are arranged on plates 29, the said plates being .of suitable thickness, and each of the plates 29 is provided on its under surface with a series of grooves 30, .the '35 'rooves being paralle'f and spaced apart roni each other at regiilar intervals, and the Said grooies incline from the lower face of the printing plate to the bottom of the grooves shown at an angle to the plane of 30 the plate. Base blocks 31 are provided for" supporting the printing plates and the said blocks 31 are provided on their uppelz-face grooves 30.

With thisc onstruction' the plates 29 carry the form lines, and they are spaced above the supp ixtng surface for the form by the base blocks 31 in such manner that the ribs .8 are typehigh. It is obvious that a single qr base block might be used for a number of printing units in this construction or each unit might have its own base block. When the units or printing plates are combinedion a single base block it will be obvious that they will be held in proper position by the inter engaging,ribs and grooves 32-30.

In use, the blocks or plates will be provided in sets or series, distinguished by the spacing of the lines or ribs 2, 6, 15 as for in- =,0 stance, commencin with the spacing of 6 points and increasing 6 points more or less as may be desired for each additional column until 600 points have been reached. The units of a series or set will commence with a width of 6 points for instance, and

is ill increase in width one point for each unit until the largest unit will have a distance of 36 points between the printing surface lines.

In use, the units are arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the units 1 occupyin the center inf thebuilt up whole. At one end of the unit Iran ordinary brew rule 18 is arranged to separate the said unit at ends from the adjacent units. the units 3 and 4 in the prescnt instance. Other units are added, a rule 18 being placed between each adjacent pair of units.

It will be obvious that the ribs 2 and 6 will form horizontal lines While the rules 18 will form the vertical lines. The plates or blocks 7, 8, 9 and 10 are designed to permit headings to be printed at the same time with the printing of the lines. The headings built up with type in'the ordinary manner e placed in the recesses 11, 12, 13 arid-14, an a rule 19 of ordinary constructionis arranged at the top of the built up form,

7 It will be understood from the description that to provide a larger number of horizontel ruled lines built up in the same manner as Fig. 1 other units 1, 3, 4 and- 5 would be placed below the unitsshown in Fig. 1, all of the corresponding .uliits bein in register from the top to the bnttom of t c form. 35

It obvious that columns of various widths may be provided by placing the blocks or plates, that is, the units end to end without the rules 18. For instance were a body column desired of greater width than the length of the block or unit 1 two units 1 might be placed end to end or a combination 4 of. units 1, 3, 4 and 5 without the rules 18. Thus with the units ruled forms of any desired character may be made. 96

It will be obvious that the arrangement of the printing ribs 6-1523-2425 and 26 is a matter of convenience. For instance, in Fin. 5 a unit 33 is shown, wherein the cross ribs 34 are spaced from that side of the unit adjacent to the unit 21. The rib 35 correspondin to the rib 24 of Fig. 4 is at one end of'theb 043k and the rib 34 at the side of the block remote from the unit 21 is flush the side of the unit. The spacing bet n the ribs is the same as shown in Fig. but the ribs are difl'erently arranged with respect to the unit. Any desired spacing may be used, and the ribs may be arranged as shown in Fig.4 or as shown in Fig..5.

The object of the arrangement shdwn in Fig. 5 is to leave sufiicient blank space at the top to equalize the space between the top rule and the first unit system rib orline. In setting job printing it is frequently the case that,ty.e

mes are used in connection with the ru e lines. For printing of this characte'r an oflice having say, sets of" the system with cross lines 16 points apaul; and 22 9 points apart may turn around one-line units of the former aIldJlSB with sixtpointi ty e lines, using the 22 point (separate) line far all other columns in the job. This, of course, would necessitate the placing of or 'nary slugs, leads, and other, spacing materlal at the top of the first line, in addition to the type lines com osed of type set in words or figures, or hot to obtain pro eralinement with adjoining crgss'lines. n this case it would also-.beinecessaryto use anggdimry 1&

printing ofiics brass ruls to obtain the lust inc in that particular column or columns. Thus tho six-pond typo lines can come down practically against the mic in. the smaller onc-line unit with an average. ci'xshunary dis tuncc above such cross lines in the column.

1. A printing svstcm for ruled forms, comprising a scrics of body units and a series of heading units, all of the units being of the same height and all of body uni-ts having one dimension equal and, thmsuid units having printing ribs on their upper faces extending transverse to the cqual axes and spaced apart at equal dicta-nulls from each other and adapted to slim: on all of the units when. the raid units am: arrungnd 0nd to end with tm-ir' cquul ax pursllcl, each of thc heading units hcing oi the sumo length as one of tlic body units and adapted to fit against the said body unit at one. side edge thereof, and having a printing rib spaced at the same distance from the adjuccnt rib of the adjacent unit as the spacing of the ribs from each other on the .unit, ezich 'of the heading units having a recess or cutaway portion in the side edge remote from the first-named unit for receiving a heading, printing lines transverse to the ribs.

2. A printing system for rolled forms, comprising cserics of body units oi. equal height and having one dimension equal, and vul ving in the other dimensions by certain mcrletenningid values, said units having elevated printing ribs on their upper faces extefuling transverse to the equal axes and spaced at equal distances from each other and adapted to alinc on all the units when the said uni is are in register with their equal axes parallel, mid a series of heading units, ono l'lcudingunit being provided for each width of body unit and being of-the same width :1; the body unit, and having an ele-' vutml printing rib spaced. apart at the same Manor as thrrihs of the body unit when in luurling: unit is in place, each heading unit having a cut away portion for rccciving a heading. I

in a f'fl'llltll fi systvm, for ruled forms, a sm'ic-s of howling nits of the same height and of cqzml width :md r-ach having in one side cilgo a r-cuss for receiving it sot up luuuliug, each of tho said units bearing on its upper fuco an vlcvuted longitudinally, extruding printing: rib and tho ribs alining \vlwn tho mills are placed cnd to end in rvgistc'r.

"l. A printing: svstcm for ruled and rules between the units for comprising a series of body units and a series of heading units, all of the units being of the same height and each of the body units having one dimension equal and varying in the other dimension by certain predetermined values, said units having elevated spaced printing ribs on their upper faces alining when the units are placed in register, the heading units having recesses for receiving set-up headings.

f A printing system for ruled forms comprising bor y units and hcadin units of equal height and having elevate printing ri s on their upper faces alini'ng when the units are arranged in ii certain definite relation to form-printed linos,'said units being of various size and bearing certain predetm'nxined relations with respect to each other, the heading units having recesses for receiving set-up headings.

(S. In a printing system for ruled forms, a series of heading units of the same height and of equal Width and each having in-one side edge a recess for receivin a set up heading, each of the said units its upper face an elevated longitudinally extending printing rib and the ribs alining caring on when the units are placed end to end in register, and having a rib at one end trans verse to the first-named ribs.

r. A printing system for ruled forms,

comprising a series of body units and a.

scrics of heading units, all of the units being of the same height and all of the body units having one dimension equal and varying in the other dimension by certain prede- Lrl'mined values, said units havingclevated spa-red printing ribs on their upper faces nlining when the units are placedin registcr, the heading units having recesses for receiving set-up headings, and the units having'other ribs transverse to the firstnamcd ribs.

A printing system for ruled forms, comprising a series of body units and a series of heading units, all of the u. 'ts be-- ing of thc same height andnll of the, body units having one dimension equal and varving in the other dimension by certain predetm'mincd values, said units having elevutod sphccd printing ribs on their upper farms alining when tho. units are placd in register, the heading units having recesses for receiving: set up headings.

JOl-IN JUSTIN MCCARTHY. Witnesses F2. l WHEELER, E. A. Kmsmsu. 

